“I hate it,” VanderMeer said in an email. “If I post content, I want to be the one contextualizing it, not some third party. It's especially bad because they're using the most click-bait style of headline generation, which is antithetical to how I try to be on social”

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Instagram Is Generating Inaccurate SEO Bait for Your Posts

Instagram is generating headlines for Instagram posts that appear on Google Search results. Users say they are misrepresenting them.

This is a really great conversation between Sam Cole and Noelle Perdue about AI porn and why it sucks. Watch on YouTube: Also available on Apple, Spotify, etc

New from 404 Media: a man has been charged for allegedly wiping a Google Pixel phone before CBP could search it. Search was by a CBP Tactical Terrorism Response Team, which ACLU says "interrogate innocent travelers." Man is described as an activist online

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Man Charged for Wiping Phone Before CBP Could Search It

The exact circumstances around the search are not known. But activist Samuel Tunick is charged with deleting data from a Google Pixel before CBP’...

New from 404 Media: a Border Patrol agent recorded recent immigration raid, where agents followed a flower seller into the woods, with Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses. Recording light is clearly on, according to vids sent to us. DHS bans use of personal recording devices

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Border Patrol Agent Recorded Raid with Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses

New videos and photos shared with 404 Media show a Border Patrol agent wearing Meta Ray-Bans glasses with the recording light clearly on. This is d...